Though it is a good piece of news (and those are not that common nowadays), some caution about the political context is warranted here. The National Assembly i

Though it is a good piece of news (and those are not that common nowadays), some caution about the political context is warranted here. The National Assembly is very divided a the moment, and the Minister defending the backdoor amendment is from a minority party at the AN, that just happens to have majority in the other chamber. Also, he is preparing for a presidential bid, and has a fair share of ennemies, both in and out of his party. So, all in all, it was a relatively "cheap" move from the MP who voted against it : - it's screwing up with a powerful opponent - it's easy publicity given that "spyping in whatsapp" would made bad headlines - there has not been a massive terrorist attack recently, so the measure will not look urgent. I'm pretty sure that some of those MPs, asked to vote the same thing by a president of their party, after a terror attack, would vote for the backdoor.